Children's Home run by Inspirations Leicestershire Limited in Leicestershire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 1 Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire Ltd Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and operated by a private company. It provides care for up to 4 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, 4 children were living at the home, and they contributed to the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is led by an experienced and registered manager.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

17/06/2025 Full Good 26/11/2024 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 3

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Summary of findings

The home is overseen by an experienced manager and has a full complement of staff. Four children live at the home. One child is currently absent from the home but due to move to a new home shortly. While he is away from the home, staff continue to provide support and maintain contact with him to ensure his welfare and safety. Since the last inspection on 17 June 2025, 3 children have moved into the home, and 3 have moved out. Two of these moves were planned, while one admission was made in response to an emergency.

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Summary of findings

Staff have the skills, training and understanding they need to care for children with complex needs. The manager provides effective support to staff and maintains strong oversight of care practice. This helps to ensure that children experience good and consistent care and receive the help and protection they need.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children receive individualised care from staff who know them very well. Care plans contain comprehensive information about each child. Staff have a good understanding of children’s needs and help them to provide good and effective care for children. Children enjoy positive relationships with staff and enjoy spending time with them, which has helped in the development of positive relationships.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s moves into the home are carefully planned by the manager and staff. The manager collaborates with external professionals who know the children well. Information is gathered to ensure that their needs can be met by staff. Children remain central to plans and have opportunities to visit the home and choose how their bedrooms are decorated to reflect their tastes, needs and personalities.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s health needs are met well. This includes appointments with doctors, opticians and dentists. When required, the manager sources specialised support, including support from the local community paediatric team. Education sessions have been carried out to ensure that staff understand children’s health needs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff spend one-to-one time with children. Key-work sessions are relevant to each child’s life and are adapted to support their understanding. They are clearly recorded. There are monthly children’s meetings that capture children’s voices, wishes and feelings.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff provide personalised support for children with complex needs. Staff have used social stories to aid one child’s understanding. Staff have received Makaton training to aid communication. One child has a significant sensory need. The assistant psychologist has provided guidance to staff on meeting the child’s complex needs. Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 4 Multi-agency working is clearly embedded throughout the staff team. Professionals provided positive feedback. One professional stated that communication between the school and staff is good. Staff support the school in managing children’s complex behaviours.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures. Leaders and managers ensure that any allegations or complaints are referred to the appropriate safeguarding professionals. The manager ensures that they are fully investigated and dealt with in a timely manner. Outcomes are recorded, and steps are taken to ensure that the child and staff are supported throughout these processes. This means that concerns are taken seriously, and action is taken to help prevent children from harm.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Children regularly go missing from home. When this happens, the staff respond appropriately. Staff make consistent efforts to maintain contact, locate the child, and support their safe return home. On return, staff provide the child with time and space to share their reasons for going missing. This helps staff understand the child’s experiences and develop robust plans. Records of missing-from-home incidents are clear, detailed and well documented. Risk assessments appropriately recognise the increased risk of child exploitation.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff regularly hold children. When physical intervention is required, it is used only as a last resort and is proportionate to the situation. Staff adopt a therapeutic approach in the first instance to manage behaviour. They have a good understanding of the children’s complex needs and behavioural triggers, helping to prevent unnecessary interventions. Incidents are reviewed by managers and are well documented. Where managers identify any learning following a review, this is quickly addressed.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff have a good understanding of children’s risks and vulnerabilities. Children’s individual risk assessments are comprehensive and reviewed regularly by the manager. The manager keeps chronologies to monitor behaviour and identify any emerging risks.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

When children’s behaviours become more challenging to manage, staff respond effectively because they understand children and know how to keep them safe. Clear guidance is recorded in children’s care plans and risk assessments. Staff have also received additional training to strengthen their knowledge and confidence in managing specific risks. As a result, children receive consistent support that helps to reduce risks and promotes their safety and wellbeing.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home is led by an experienced and committed manager, with support from her deputy. She ensures that staff understand the core values of the home. Staff have demonstrated these through their positive interactions with the children. Staff say they Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 5 enjoy working at the home and spending time with the children, and they value the support from the manager.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager knows the children well and is visible and available to staff and the children. She speaks about children with warmth and understanding. The manager understands the strengths of the staff team and areas for further development. This is supported by a good workforce development plan. It records staff induction, supervision, training and performance management processes.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive regular professional supervision from the deputy or the manager. These are reflective meetings focused on the wellbeing of children and staff. Staff say they find supervision helpful and feel supported by leaders and managers.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager uses a range of quality assurance processes. Children’s records are monitored through an electronic recording system. The manager carries out daily and weekly audits.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager ensures that staff have the knowledge and skills to meet children’s complex needs. Targeted training is provided to build staff’s confidence and skills. Regular team meetings are held to discuss learning and embed practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home is currently providing care for a child with complex needs, including a learning disability. This is outside the conditions of the home’s registration. Leaders and managers have not yet ensured that the home’s registration accurately reflects the care being provided. This requires review by leaders and managers to ensure that the home operates in accordance with its registration. Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 6

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person(s) must take to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, The Children’s Homes England Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and

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Requirement Due date

notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision.

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Requirement Due date

Subject to paragraph (6), the registered person must ensure that the home is at all times conducted in a manner which is consistent with its statement of purpose.

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Requirement Due date

Nothing in paragraph (5) or regulation 46 (review of premises) requires or authorises the registered person to contravene or not comply with any other provision of these Regulations; or

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Requirement Due date

any conditions in relation to the registration of the registered person under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000. (Regulation 16 (3)(a)(b) (5) (6)(a)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that the home is always operated in a manner that is consistent with its conditions of registration and statement of purpose. 11 January 2027

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people, using the social care common inspection framework. This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service, how it meets the core functions of the service as set out in legislation, and to consider how well it complies with The Children’s Homes England Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’. Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 131a London Road, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5DP

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Toni Bartholomew-Smith

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Inspector

Rachael Jones, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2780208 8 achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked-after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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